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Fanti, n. and a.|ˈfæntɪ|
Also Fante, Fantee.
[Native name.]
The name of a Negro people inhabiting Ghana, and their language; a member of this people. Also attrib.
1819T. E. Bowdich Mission to Ashantee 344, I have heard about half a dozen words in the Fantee, which might be said to be not unlike the same nouns in the Welsh language. Ibid. 345 The Fantee word umpa (true, indeed). [1868Carr & Brown (title) Mfantsi grammar.] 1875[see Ashanti]. 1879Encycl. Brit. X. 756/1 Fante dialects are spoken, not only in Fanti proper, but in Afutu or the country round Cape Coast. Ibid., A Fanti..can converse without much difficulty with a native of Aquapem or Ashantee. Ibid., The Aquapem, which is based on the Akem but has imbibed Fanti influences. 1923[see Akan a. and n.]. 1955P. Strevens Papers in Lang. (1965) ix. 115 The Kwa Larger Unit, comprising such languages as Twi, Ga, Fante, Ewe, Yoruba and Ibo. 1962[see Ashanti].
b. Phr. to go fantee: to join the natives of a district and conform to their habits.
1885Kipling Departm. Ditties (1886) 59 ‘Went Fantee’—joined the people of the land. Turned three parts Mussalman and one Hindu. 1887― Plain Tales from Hills (1888) 23 He was perpetually ‘going Fantee’ among natives. 1906Daily Chron. 9 Aug. 8/5 Caluna, too, had ‘gone fanti’, and was raiding and pillaging. 1930Chesterton Four Felons 190 He was a white man, or whitish man, who had gone fantee, and wore nothing but a pair of spectacles. |